Aircraft Carriers

(asked on 3rd September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his policy to deliver the Carrier Enabled Power Projection project by 2026 following the Infrastructure and Projects Authority report classifying the Type 26, Type 31, FSS and Astute programmes as Amber or Amber/Red.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 8th September 2020

Achieving full operating capability for the Carrier Enabled Power Projection (CEPP) programme requires the delivery of three core programmes; Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, Lightning aircraft and the CROWSNEST radar system. The Department is on track to deliver CEPP full operating capability on time.

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